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S1E5 Fighting Back Against Hidden Redlines And Delays
A rare glimpse into the widespread, but hidden practice of insurers quietly altering wildfire home cleanup estimates before presenting final payouts to policyholders. In many cases, policyholders…
S1E4 How One Regulator Made California’s Fire Recovery Harder
We explore a recent investigative story by the New York Times about how industry-favored loopholes crafted behind closed doors at the California Department of Insurance have undermined fire recovery,…
S1E3 How Tech and Data Shape Your Property Insurance
In this episode we examine how technology has increasingly taken over every aspect of our home insurance policies, from the algorithm that decides how much insurance we need when we sign up, to the…
S1E2 The Underworld of Fire Insurance Subcontractors
There are many planets in the insurance claims galaxy. Once you file a claim, in come industrial hygienists to perform testing, and remediation companies to do clean up. Many only work for insurance…
S1E1 10 Tips to Get Smoke Damage Claims Paid
Smoke damage has become a major issue for wildfire victims of the Eaton and Palisades fires. In this episode, we go present a tip guide for policyholders on getting smoke damage claims paid from…
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Smoke & Mirrors has published 5 episodes since October 2025, covering topics in Documentary, News.
Smoke & Mirrors is currently highly active with new episodes quarterly. Average episode length is 17m.
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